See how to make an adorable knitted coffee warmer to keep your drink snug and warm. Because coffee cups need hugs too, right? Pair your coffee with a coffee mug and DIY Mother’s Day Card That you can print from home and you have a great gift for mom!
How to knead coffee warm
A coffee cozy is a great way to keep your coffee or tea warm (or to keep your hands from scratching the cup). Here we show you how you can knit your own! These coffee cozies also make great gifts, so make a few and keep them on hand.
The cozy is worked in a ribbed pattern, giving it the elasticity it needs to pull over the cup without sagging, and the little twist I added adds a little more depth.
Little Twist Coffee Cozy Knitting Pattern
Rated: Easy +
used skills:
- Cast on
- to knit
- Pearl
- Little Twist – See below for how-to
- tie off
Here’s what you’ll need to do to brew a coffee mug
Alternatively, you can find all of these items at your local craft and/or dollar store – no yarn snobbery allowed here.
How to make a little twist
Little twist = two stitches worked. Slip the first stitch as you knit, and then knit the next stitch. Bring your left needle to the stitch you slipped, and insert your left needle into that stitch, and pass it over the stitch you just knitted. You will have a strand of yarn drawing a slightly twisted arch over the knit stitch. Knit the stitch you just returned to the left needle. (Sl, K1, PSSO, K)
directions
- CO 36 sts
- Row 1: *P2, K2, repeat from *
- Row 2: *P2, K2, repeat from *
- Row 3: *P2, Sl, K1, PSSO, K, repeat from *
- Row 4: *P2, K2, repeat from *
- Repeat rows 1 – 4, two more times
- tie off
- Cut the yarn, leaving about a 12” tail, and attach a darning needle.
- Secure the last stitch, and place the cast on edge next to the bind off edge, and close the top 1/2 inch of the stitch seam.
- Weave the sewing yarn down one side of the seam, leaving a nice little gap to fit the handle of your mug.
Stitch the remaining 1/2” of the seam.
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How to knead coffee warm
Rated: Easy
supplies
- Poor weight yarn 1 ball
- Size 7 mm knitting needles
- Scissors
- Darning needle
used skills
- Cast on
- to knit
- Pearl
- Little Twist – See below for how-to
- tie off
Instructions
-
Little twist = two stitches worked. Slip the first stitch as you knit, and then knit the next stitch. Bring your left needle to the stitch you slipped, and insert your left needle into that stitch, and pass it over the stitch you just knitted. You will have a strand of yarn drawing a slightly twisted arch over the knit stitch. Knit the stitch you just returned to the left needle. (Sl, K1, PSSO, K)
directions
-
CO 36 sts
-
Row 1: *P2, K2, repeat from *
-
Row 2: *P2, K2, repeat from *
-
Row 3: *P2, Sl, K1, PSSO, K, repeat from *
-
Row 4: *P2, K2, repeat from *
-
Repeat rows 1 – 4, two more times
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tie off
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Cut the yarn, leaving about a 12” tail, and attach a darning needle.
-
Secure the last stitch, and place the cast on edge next to the bind off edge, and close the top 1/2 inch of the stitch seam.
-
Weave the sewing yarn down one side of the seam, leaving a nice little gap to fit the handle of your mug.
-
Stitch the remaining 1/2” of the seam.
This post originally appeared here on April 10, 2018.
